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WASHINGTON, DC - JUNE 02: Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell delivers remarks during the Division of International Finance 7th Anniversary Conference at the Fed on June 02, 2025 in Washington, DC. Powell talked about the origins and history of the division. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Trump urges Fed Chair Powell to cut interest rates following disappointing jobs report

President Donald Trump is applying more pressure to Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell to cut interest rates after a Wednesday report showed job hiring slowed down last month.

Steam rises out of the nuclear plant on Three Mile Island, with the operational plant run by Exelon Generation, in Middletown, Pennsylvania on March 26, 2019. - Forty years after the partial meltdown at the Three Mile Island nuclear plant, John Garver can still recall the smell and a metallic taste in his mouth."It's time to shut it down," said Garver, a former salesman who was 40 years old when the accident occurred on March 28, 1979 and is now pushing 80."I was against it from the beginning," said Garver, who is retired but works part-time at the Middletown boat club on the banks of the Susquehanna River."I'm against it now and I was hoping in my lifetime that it will close down," he added, gazing from beneath a worn red fisherman's cap at the giant cooling towers spitting out vapor into a cloudless sky."Maybe I'll get my wish."He just might. (Photo by Andrew CABALLERO-REYNOLDS / AFP) (Photo by ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS/AFP via Getty Images)

Trump signs executive orders unleashing ‘American nuclear renaissance’

President Donald Trump signed four executive orders on Friday, creating a pathway for the Department of Energy (DoE) to ease regulations and build nuclear reactors.

Construction workers install windows on a nearly completed office building in San Diego, California, U.S., October 9, 2024. REUTERS/Mike Blake/File Photo

US job openings post biggest drop in 14 months

U.S. job openings dropped by the most in 14 months in December, but steady hiring and low layoffs suggested that the labor market was not abruptly slowing down.

Containers are stacked beneath cranes at Port Newark Container Terminal in Newark, New Jersey, U.S., October 4, 2024. REUTERS/Mike Segar/File Photo

US bans imports from 37 more Chinese companies over Uyghur forced labor, including Huafu Fashion

The United States is targeting 37 textile, mining and solar companies, the Department of Homeland Security said.

TOPSHOT - Afghan Taliban militants and villagers attend a gathering as they celebrate the peace deal and their victory in the Afghan conflict on US in Afghanistan, in Alingar district of Laghman Province on March 2, 2020. - The Taliban said on March 2 they were resuming offensive operations against Afghan security forces, ending the partial truce that preceded the signing of a deal between the insurgents and Washington. (Photo by NOORULLAH SHIRZADA / AFP) (Photo by NOORULLAH SHIRZADA/AFP via Getty Images)

The Taliban Claims They Have Signed Mining Contracts Worth $6.5 Billion In Afghanistan

Afghanistan’s Taliban government said it signed seven mining contracts on Thursday worth $6.5 billion in investments.